Ed Sutherland

Days after earthquakes hit Taiwan, cutting communications cables linking the country with the rest of the world, the country is still contending with the effects of aftershocks on its underwater communications system. Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan’s largest communications provider, now says it is using satellite connections to restore voice and data to Asia and the U.S. […]

UPDATED: Apple Computer will restate earnings stretching back to 2002, requiring an $84 million charge, according to updated financial data filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In the filing, Apple said it would adjust earnings by $4 million for fiscal 2006, $7 million for fiscal 2005 and $10 million for fiscal 2004. […]

A tactic by Microsoft , AMD and a PR firm to gain traction for Vista is instead reaping a whirlwind of controversy. Edelman, the PR agency behind Vista’s launch, sent Acer Ferrari laptops sporting the Windows Vista operating system and AMD processors to tech bloggers. But when bloggers questioned the ethics behind the deliveries, Microsoft […]

Thanks to the seemingly ubiquitous nature of wireless connectivity, many of the promises of new options for consumers and business made in 2006 will be realized in 2007, according to experts surveyed by internetnews.com. Companies that made headlines in 2006 will again hold the spotlight, including AT&T, Sprint Nextel and Vonage . And cellular carriers […]

Credit-card payment processor Alliance Data Systems said its Epsilon marketing unit will pay $435 million for retail data services company Abacus, a privately held division of DoubleClick. The deal gives Alliance access to over 1,500 retailers, including Patagonia, Brookstone and Sur La Table. In a statement, Alliance said Abacus maintains a database of more than […]

Internetnews.com editors provide an early roadmap for tech’s direction in 2007. Thanks to the seemingly ubiquitous nature of wireless connectivity, many of the promises of new options for consumers and business made in 2006 will be realized in 2007, according to experts surveyed by internetnews.com. Companies that made headlines in 2006 will again hold the […]

Verizon Communications  will showcase its high-end services in consumer malls, sharing retail space with standbys such as clothing stores and ice cream shops. Known as the Verizon Experience, the stores are intended to let Verizon give consumers a way to explore technology, including EV-DO , wireless and FiOS TV service. Part of the Verizon Experience. […]

An earthquake registering 7.1 on the Richter scale hit the Southern portion of Taiwan, crippling Internet and phone service in Asia. Approximately 18 telecommunications cables are undersea serving the Pacific Rim region, according to Verizon, and the company said it could take weeks to repair them all. Cable & Wireless, a UK-based company which also […]

Has Microsoft’s new operating system, Vista hit an iceberg? Security experts believe a recent crop of vulnerabilities ends claims the successor to Windows is unsinkable. After saying it would investigate proof-of-concept code released in Russia, Microsoft was hit by four more security vulnerabilities, including one involving Internet Explorer. “Currently, we have not observed any public […]

Cell phone carriers such as Sprint Nextel , Vodafone and Verizon  are taking their first steps toward full-fledged mobile advertising. And with good reason. According to market research firm ABI Research, advertisers are poised to spend $1.95 billion by 2011 to deliver ads to North American phones. Also according to ABI, those ads could yield […]

Internetnews.com wades through the top stories and issues that rocked the industry in 2006 in this ongoing series. Mobility devices and their users got off to a rocky start in many ways in 2006, with surveys showing that end-users turned away from downloading a bevy of new applications that carriers kept rolling into the market. […]

Citrix Systems agreed to acquire privately held Ardence for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition gives Citrix real-time provisioning capabilities, a feature that will be woven into existing desktop application delivery services. The purchase will add $15 million to $18 million in revenue for Citrix in fiscal year 2007. Citrix said Ardence will allow it to […]